Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at Banner Heart Hospital

6750 E Baywood Avenue, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1215961248

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$10.58

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$126.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$4.95 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $93.75 with Provider Network of America — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.95 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $4.95 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $4.95 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $4.95 ↓ -53%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4.95 ↓ -53%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4.95 ↓ -53%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $4.95 ↓ -53%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $4.95 ↓ -53%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4.95 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare $4.95 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid $4.95 ↓ -53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -53%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.20 ↓ -51%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $5.20 ↓ -51%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $5.45 ↓ -48%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.45 ↓ -48%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $6.73 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $6.93 ↓ -34%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $7.33 ↓ -31%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $7.42 ↓ -30%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $8.17 ↓ -23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $8.69 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $9.15 ↓ -14%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $9.66 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare UHC Core $10.12 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $11.14 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $14.24 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $15.19 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $15.95 ↑ +51%
Aetna Joint Venture $16.62 ↑ +57%
Aetna Designated Group $17.66 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $18.98 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $18.98 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $18.98 ↑ +79%
Aetna Broad Network $20.78 ↑ +96%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $42.00 ↑ +297%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $43.75 ↑ +314%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $56.25 ↑ +432%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $56.25 ↑ +432%
Aetna Medical Rental $65.88 ↑ +523%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $67.50 ↑ +538%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $87.50 ↑ +727%
Provider Network of America Commercial $93.75 ↑ +786%

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Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $16.00 $4.95 – $93.75
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $18.90 $4.95 – $93.75
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $9.88 $2.97 – $25.33
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $66.67 $2.78 – $15.25
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $20.16 $4.95 – $93.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $10.21 $4.95 – $29.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.83 $4.95 – $29.60
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $73.24 $4.95 – $87.50

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